US Senator Toomey Highlights Digital Currency Regs as He Eyes Banking Panel C...

US Senator Toomey Highlights Digital Currency Regs as He Eyes Banking Panel C...

Senate Banking Committee member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Monday that he intends to take up digital currency regulation and payments system reform if he becomes the committee’s next chairman.


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